Pope Dionysius

Pope Dionysius (210-26 December 268) was Pope from 258 to 268, succeeding Pope Sixtus II and preceding Pope Felix I.

Biography
Dionysius was born in 210 AD to a family of Greeks in Magna Graecia, Roman Empire. In 1259 he was elected Pope after the martyrdom of Pope Sixtus II, and under Emperor Gallienus (who succeeded the captured Valerian in 260) the Romans tolerated Christianity again. Dionysius rebuilt the churches of Cappadocia that had been destroyed by Goths, and Christianity enjoyed toleration under an edict that lasted until 303.